Occurrence and fate of emerging wastewater contaminants in Western Balkan Region

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 399, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 66-77

  Terzić, Senka ^a   Senta, Ivan ^a   Ahel, Marijan ^a   Gros, Meritxell ^b   Petrović, Mira ^b,c   Barcelo, Damia ^b   Müller, Jutta ^d   Knepper, Thomas ^d   Martí, Isabel ^e   Ventura, Francesc ^e   Jovančić, Petar ^f   Jabučar, Dalila ^g  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^e AGBAR   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^g Hydro Engineering Institute   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Personal care products; Pharmaceuticals; Surfactants; Western Balkan

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

IMPURITIES;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; APROBARBITAL; ATENOLOL; ATRAZINE; AZITHROMYCIN; BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOFIBRIC ACID; COMPACTIN; DICLOFENAC; DIMETHOATE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FAMOTIDINE; FLUOXETINE; GALAXOLIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; HEXOBARBITAL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; JOSAMYCIN; KETOPROFEN; LANSOPRAZOLE; LORATADINE; MEFENAMIC ACID; PARACETAMOL; PRAVASTATIN; PROPRANOLOL; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DEGRADATION; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REMEDIATION; SURFACTANT; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS; HUMANS; INSECT REPELLENTS; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLASTICIZERS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; BALKAN; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; CROATIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SERBIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; TURKMENISTAN; WEST ASIA;

HEXAPODA;

EID: 44749087182     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.03.003     Document Type: Article

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